Qvercheck-loop for bridles



(No Model.)

J. M. HARTER 8v S. E. HARSH.

OVERGHBGK LOOP FOR BRIDLBS. No. 476,638. Patented June 7, 1892.

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JOHN M. HARTER AND SAMUEL E. HARSH, OF WABASH, INDIANA.

OVERCHECK-LOOP FOR BRIDLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 476,638, dated June '7, 1892.

Application filed January 22, 1892. Serial No. 418,931. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN M. HARTER and SAMUEL E. HARSH, of the city of lVabash, in the county of Wabash and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Overcheck Orown-Loops; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in overdraw crownloops for bridle overdraw-checkreins.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved loop which can be manufactured at a very low cost and which will possess all the advantages of a closed loop and which can be opened when desired by an improved, exceedingly simple, and cheap arrangement and construction.

The invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and in combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective showing the loop in operative adjustment, dotted lines showing the same swung or adjustedto the open position. Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the crown-piece of the bridle, showing the manner of securing or pivoting the loop at one end. Fig. 3 is a crosssection showing the button or holding means of the free end of the loop. Fig. is a detail perspective of theloop.

In the drawings refcrence-letteraindicates a closed loop. One end of the loop 0 is flattened and perforated centrally, as shown, and this end of the loop is secured to the crownpiece a by a rivet or other suitable means d, so that the opposite end of the loop can be swung on the rivet or securing means as a pivot. The opposite end of the loop 1s provided with the shoulder e to bear on the top of the crown-loop and with the narrow neck on shank f. extending downwardly to pass through opening g in the crown-loop. The bottom of this shank is provided with the narrow elongated button h, projecting horizontally and laterally in one direction from the lower end of the shank, so as to fit the under side of the crown-loop, and is provided with the short heel t, projecting in the opposite direction from the end of the shank. This button is formed as thin as possible and smooth on the under face. The button, consisting of the heel and the elongated end or projection, firmly holds the loop in position against tilting or otherwise objectionable play and forms a closed loop which obviates all the objections of the open loop. When desired, this loop can be readily opened for any purpose by tilting the same, so that the heel of the button can move up through the aperture in the crown-piece and the elongated portion of the button can follow the heel up through said opening and then swinging the loop sidewise will open the loop after its button has been released from the opening.

This invention possesses many advantages. The loop is so securely fastened that it cannot pull out and drag off, as is the case where closed loops are made detachable at both ends. This closed adjustable loop is of great advantage, as it holds very securely where the endless overdraw-check is employed.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The overdraw-loop having one end flat and perforated and formed to be pivoted to the crown-piece and the other end of the loop having the shank to pass through the crown-piece and the button on its under end, so it can be detached.

In testimony that we claim the foregoingas our own we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN M. HARTER. SAMUEL E. HARSH. Witnesses:

J OHN H. DICKEN, ARTHUR REED. 

